Seasons of Misery: Catastrophe and Colonial Settlement in Early America

by Kathleen Donegan

Book Overview

The stories we tell of American beginnings typically emphasize colonial triumph in the face of adversity. But the early years of English settlement in America were characterized by catastrophe: starvation, disease, extreme violence, ruinous ignorance, and serial abandonment. Seasons of Misery offers a provocative reexamination of the British colonies' chaotic and profoundly unstable beginnings, placing crisis--both experiential and existential--at...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812223772
• ISBN13: 9780812223774
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"